Middle-earth has gone digital. Google and Warner Bros. Pictures have collaborated on a “Chrome Experiment” that maps out author J.R.R. Tolkien‘s fantasy world in advance of the Dec. 13 release of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.”

“Chrome Experiments” are aimed at showing what’s possible with a browser. The new online interactive map, complete with atmospheric moving clouds, provides a guided tour of Tolkien‘s Middle-earth, the setting for “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” as well as a look at the elves, wizards, trolls, people and other creatures that inhabit it.

“It was a natural fit,” a Google spokesperson told the Journal. “Because of all the geek fans everywhere. Plus, we always want to see the web evolve and give developers the tools they need to keep pushing the technology forward.” There’s a full explanation of how the site was created, one of the primary reasons Google chose to team up with the studio.

At present, fans can explore three locales, Rivendell, Trollshaws and Dol Guldur, with three more scheduled to arrive before the film’s premiere. In addition to the interactive map, there’s a 3-D explorable render of each place designed to work on Chrome and Android. The project marks the first time Chrome Experiments have brought 3-D to a mobile device.

Tolkien, who died in 1973, drew maps of his Middle-earth, as well as extremely detailed descriptions of its inhabitants.